Wall-seat.



A. M. FREISE.

WALL SEAT.

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A. M. FREISE.

WALL SEAT. APPLICATION FILED APR. 1, 19i3.

1,132,004, Patented Mar. L6, 1915.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. as, rain.

Application filed April 1, 1913. Serial no. 758,259.

To all whom it may concern:

- Be it known that I, Amman! M. aise, a citizen of the United States, N residing at San Francisco, in the county of San F rancisco and State of California, have invented j anew 'and useful Wall-Seat, of which the for lowing is-a specification in such full and clear terms. as will enable those skilled in thear-t to construct and use the same.

This invention relates to a. folding seat and itsobject is to produce a seat which can be installed in an ordinary partition made of 2x4 studding,although, of course, it will be clear that the seat. may be installed in any suitable frame work, such asis shown in Figs. 1 and 2 and simply set up at the side of a wall and secured against the same.

An object of the invention is to produce a seat which will have the weight thereof so" carried as -to .tend to cause the same to remain closed when lifted up, while at the same time so nearly balanced as to move onward very gently without falling down.

Another-object of the invention is to pro- Videa mechanism whereby the seat may be pushed out readily and after it is pushed position for use a portion of the out into back-covers the .push button for opening it, thus preventing the latter from being interfered with by the person in sitting down. I am aware that there are many modifications of this invention, but one of the embodiments thereof is shown in the drawing in which the same reference numeral is appliedto the same portion throughout: Figure 1 is a sectional vie which the seat is installed s owin the seat closed, Fig. 2 is a sectional view 0% the wall in which the seat isinstalled illustrating the seat open ready ,for use, Fig. 3, is a front elevation; of a bracket used for holding the lower end of the back setting rod, Fig. 4

is a plan View of the push button showin its relation to the o crating rod connecte with the seat brace, ig. 5 is a sectional view of a portion of the back and seat brace indicating the way the back is secured to the seat brace, Fig. 6 is a broken view of a portion. of the back showing the means for transmitting some of the thrust from the seat to the back of the frame work, Fig. 7 is a front elevation of the seat closed, and of the seat open, broken away for a portion thereof being purposes of illustration.

he numeral 1 is applied to the wall, 2 represents a cross stud, 3 a vertical stud of of the Wall in the wall, 4indicating the opposite wall. An opening in the plaster is out large enough to receive the seat and extending from the dotted line indicatedon Fig. 1 at A to the dotted line indicated at B. The framework of .the seat 5 may then be pushed upwardly into place and suitably secured to the side studs 3 and connecting the two side members 5 is aback 6 having a metal reinforcement extending thereacross as indicated at 7 at the top. At the bottom the back has a heavier cross piece 8 secured to the side pieces 5 and in order to prevent the piece 8 from splitting and being otherwise injured as well as to take some of the strain thereon, a rod 9 is suitably secured to the lower edge of the back and extends through a hole in the cross piece B. The seat and its frame is secured to the studding of the partition by screws S extending through the side memhers 25.

At the front and bottom of the side pieces 5 there is a cross piece 10 which is provided with two disappearing hinges 11 of a common form. These hinges are secured to the cross piece 10 and to the seat 12. The seat has an extension 13 which is long enough to pass under the cross piece 8, and it has side plates 14. which are pivoted to the braces 15, said braces bein secured to the back 16 at the edges thereo and having the upper portion thereof turned to form hooks or stops 17, which hooks pass down over the plate 7 when the seat is opened.

Extending from one of the side braces 15 to the other is a rod 18, said rod affording ,the means to lift the braces and cause the seat to be projected forward. This is effected by means of the pivoted hook 19. This hook is pivotally secured to a suitable small. plate 20 and it is pivoted to the push button 21.

Pivoted to the side braces 15 is all shaped rod 22 which is pivotally connected with blocks-23 secured at the rear of the back 24. The member 22 is also pivotally connected with a long rod 25 which in turn is connected with a standard 26 secured on the back portion of the seat. The back has hooks 27 at the lower ortion thereof which pass around the side races 15, and which hooks can slide up and down asindicated by the dotted line at 28. The back has an opening at 29 to receive the push button so thatit cannot be interfered with so long as the seat is in use.

' In order to cause the seat to move downof the seat and bearupon the under said back has a clip 31 secured thereto for oni'ts hin. es 11.

. ofthe weight push the.

' position, (Fig. 2)

said springs to. bear. against in order .to

avoid wearing the back unduly. The bar 8 is removable with the rods 9 in order to permit the seat to be turned down far enough to remove the hinges when the seatis to be disassembled.

. The operation of the seat is as follows: With the seat closed as shownin Fig.1 the button 21 is pushed inwardly. The movement of the push button causes the "cam 19 to raise the seat support 15. This-lifts the rear end of'the brackets 14: and causes the seat to turn'outwardly andfdownwardly wardly an 'downwardlythe seat support 15 first rises and then dro s until the hooks 17 engagethe top of the rame atZ as shown; in Fig. 2. When the seat is finally turned to the position shown in; Fig. 2 the projection- 13 rests against the bottom of the. bar 8 and all of the weight of the seat is carried the support 15 and barS, the hinges 11 simply holding the seat from movement to front or rear and not. carrying any As the seat begins to rise the back is pushed outwardly by the rod 25 pivoted at its lower end to "the bracket 26 carried by the seat, and as the seat moves to its final the rod 25 pushes the back upwardly alon the side braces of the seat support 15, an since the latter causes the bottom of the back to move inwardly toward weight.

the wall along the incline of said. braces the upper portion also moves toward the wall and covers the push button, thus preventing the latter from being tampered with while the seat is in use. the upper portion of the back to prevent. it from moving'forwardly as the rod 25' pushedupon it. Small-rubber bumpers 32 are used on the back 'to prevent it from marring the wood of the casing. When it is desired to close the seat it is simply lifted back into place, whereupon the back 24 moves 'wardly' off the push forbutton and then down-. wardly and rearwardly ,into place beyond the seat as indicated in Fig. 1, and s'ince allof the backand seat support :15,

is then carried by the bracket l l the seat is securely held in place and is ready to be opened by pressure upon the push button 21.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is as-follows, modifications within the scope o f'the claims being expressly reserved:

1. In a wall seat, a frame, a folding. seat to detachably engage said frame As the, seat turns outzontalf om its folded seat is opened,

The links 22 also direct hinged theretofbrackets carried by the seat,

links pivoted to the seat brackets, means at the upper end's'of said linksto detachably engage said frame for the support of said seat when in use, and an operating lever to cause said links to rise to throw the seat forwardly to the horizontal from its folded position. i

2. In a wall seat, a frame, 'a' folding seat, hinges connecting the seat and frame and adapted to causetheseat to lie flush with I the framewhen folded up, brackets carried by the seat, links pivoted to the seat brackets, means at the upper ends of said links for the support of said seat when in use, a cross bar at. the lower end of the frame and under which one portion of the seat extends'when in as'ubstantially horizontal position, and an operating lever to cause said links to' rise to t row the seat forwardly to the horiposition.

3. In a wall seat, a frame, a folding seat hinged thereto, seat to support the same, a back slidable along said seat supporting links, and means connected with the seat and back to cause said back to slide downwardly on said links receding into the framewhen the seat is folded thereinto.

and having means, at its upper end to tachably engage the frame,-a back slidable links connected with said.

pivoted to the seat de-' I along the seat support, means connecting said back and seat support to cause-the back toslide upwardly and forwardly when the and an operating link connecting said seat and back for moving the same. f

5. In a wall seat, a frame, a seat hinged thereto, brackets carried by the seat, a seat support hinged to said brackets and having stops to detachably engage the frame at its upper end, a cross bar under which the rear portion of said seat extends when in an op-" erative position, an operating lever pivoted to the front portion of the rame for raising the seat support to cause said seat to move from its fo ded position into its operating position, and a ush button extending through the wall or the operation of said lever. In testimony whereof I'have hereunto set my hand this 12th day 1913, in'the presence of the two subscribed HENRY B. LISTER.

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